Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0932 EAT on Sunday 19th March 2023. At least 1400 youths are set to benefit from Shs 1.4 billion Youth Empowerment, Entrepreneurship and Decent Employment program. Launched by Hajjat Minsa Kabanda, minister for Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and Standard Chartered Bank in partnership with Voluntary Services Overseas, the…
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Kabuleta’s sectarianism case adjourned to May 24.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0940 EAT on Thursday 16th March 2023. Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s court has adjourned to May 24, 2023, the case in which former presidential candidate Joseph Kabuleta is charged with promoting sectarianism. The former journalist turned politician, and leader of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) party was arrested in…
11-Year-Old Pupil beaten up to death by a kisoro teacher for not grasping lesson.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0946 EAT on Wednesday 15th March 2023. Police have mounted a manhunt for Pasco Hakizimana, a teacher of Mutorole primary school in Kisoro district who allegedly assaulted to death a primary four pupil because of failure to grasp his lesson. Hakizimana allegedly assaulted 11-year-old Dan Gasore, the son of Hillary Tumusiime,…
Illegal for URA to seek customer details from banks – Constitutional court.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1905 EAT on Friday 10th March 2023. It’s illegal for Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to request banks to provide it with all details of their customers, the Constitutional court has ruled. In a lead judgement written by justice Christopher Madrama Izama, the court found that URA’s request went beyond…
Zero scores at A-level increase.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2012 EAT on Wednesday 8th March 2023. The number of candidates who cannot score one mark in a subject is on the rise at the advanced level, the national examinations body, Uneb, has said. At the Advanced level, Uneb, expects candidates to handle complex tasks that require description, explanation, analysis…
Katengeeto, Uganda’s forgotten population
By Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2004 EAT on Wednesday 8th March 2023. Just like any other festive season, many people go beyond their usual work shifts to earn that extra income. On December 24, 1992, Levi Otobaiti, now 50, was fishing on Lake Nyansala in Kobwin sub-county, Ngora district, when he extended his fishing nets…
NSSF inquiry is incomplete without Saleh – Ssemujju.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1923 EAT on Wednesday 8th March 2023. The select committee report into the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is out and has created chatter in parliament. But Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda insists it has glaring omissions, which add to the suspicion that the probe’s MPs soft-shoe shuffled…
Nagirinya’s self confessed murderer: Turns state witness, pins colleagues.
Updated at 2004 EAT on Thursday 23rd February 2023. Isaac Ssenabulya alias Kisunsu, the self-confessed kidnapper and murderer of Maria Nagirinya and her driver, Ronald Kitayimbwa has pinned his co-accused Coprian Kasolo alias Arsenal as the leader of the B13 criminal gang. Kisunsu took to the dock on Wednesday as the ninth prosecution witness, a…
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